Execution Act 1844

XXI Warrant of Attorney and Cognovit actionem not to be acted upon against Property of Insolvent Petitioner after filing his Petition.

And be it enacted, That in all Cases where any Petitioner for Protection from Process, whose Estate shall have been vested in an Assignee or Assignees under the Provisions of the said recited Act and of this Act or of either of them, shall have executed any Warrant of Attorney to confess Judgment, or shall have given any Cognovit actionem or Bill of Sale, whether for a valuable Consideration or otherwise, no Person shall, after the filing of the Petition of such Petitioner, avail himself of any Execution issued or to be issued upon any Judgment obtained or to be obtained upon such Warrant of Attorney or Cognovit actionem, either by Seizure and Sale of the Property of such Petitioner or any Part thereof, or by Sale of such Property theretofore seized, or any Part thereof, or avail himself of such Bill of Sale, but that any Person or Persons to whom any Sum or Sums of Money shall be due in respect of any such Warrant of Attorney or Cognovit actionem, or of such Bill of Sale, shall and may be a Creditor or Creditors for the same under the said recited Act and this Act.